Dawn breaks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. U.S. lawmakers hurtled toward a midnight deadline to avert hundreds of billions of dollars in tax increases and spending cuts, struggling to extract...More

Dawn breaks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 31,...Dawn breaks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. U.S. lawmakers hurtled toward a midnight deadline to avert hundreds of billions of dollars in tax increases and spending cuts, struggling to extract the country from a fiscal trap they created. Photographer: Jay Mallin/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesLessMore

U.S. President Barack Obama, right, speaks as U.S. Vice President Joseph 'Joe' Biden looks on in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. The House of Representatives passed...More

U.S. President Barack Obama, right, speaks as U.S. Vice President Joseph 'Joe'...U.S. President Barack Obama, right, speaks as U.S. Vice President Joseph 'Joe' Biden looks on in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. The House of Representatives passed legislation averting income tax increases for most U.S. workers after Republicans abandoned their effort to attach spending cuts that would have been rejected by the Senate. Photographer: Brendan Hoffman/Pool via BloombergLessMore

U.S. President Barack Obama, second left, speaks as U.S. Vice President Joseph 'Joe' Biden, left, looks on in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. The House of...More

U.S. President Barack Obama, second left, speaks as U.S. Vice President Joseph...U.S. President Barack Obama, second left, speaks as U.S. Vice President Joseph 'Joe' Biden, left, looks on in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. The House of Representatives passed legislation averting income tax increases for most U.S. workers after Republicans abandoned their effort to attach spending cuts that would have been rejected by the Senate. Photographer: Brendan Hoffman/Pool via BloombergLessMore

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. The House of Representatives passed legislation averting income tax increases for most U.S....More

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White...U.S. President Barack Obama speaks in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. The House of Representatives passed legislation averting income tax increases for most U.S. workers after Republicans abandoned their effort to attach spending cuts that would have been rejected by the Senate. Photographer: Brendan Hoffman/Pool via BloombergLessMore

U.S. President Barack Obama, center, and U.S. Vice President Joseph 'Joe' Biden, left, depart after speaking in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. The House of...More

U.S. President Barack Obama, center, and U.S. Vice President Joseph 'Joe' Biden,...U.S. President Barack Obama, center, and U.S. Vice President Joseph 'Joe' Biden, left, depart after speaking in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. The House of Representatives passed legislation averting income tax increases for most U.S. workers after Republicans abandoned their effort to attach spending cuts that would have been rejected by the Senate. Photographer: Brendan Hoffman/Pool via BloombergLessMore

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and U.S. Vice President Joseph 'Joe' Biden depart after speaking in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. The House of Representatives...More

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and U.S. Vice President Joseph 'Joe' Biden...U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and U.S. Vice President Joseph 'Joe' Biden depart after speaking in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. The House of Representatives passed legislation averting income tax increases for most U.S. workers after Republicans abandoned their effort to attach spending cuts that would have been rejected by the Senate. Photographer: Brendan Hoffman/Pool via BloombergLessMore

U.S. President Barack Obama arrives to deliver a statement in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. The House of Representatives passed legislation averting income tax...More

U.S. President Barack Obama arrives to deliver a statement in the Brady Press...U.S. President Barack Obama arrives to deliver a statement in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. The House of Representatives passed legislation averting income tax increases for most U.S. workers after Republicans abandoned their effort to attach spending cuts that would have been rejected by the Senate. Photographer: Brendan Hoffman/Pool via BloombergLessMore

U.S. President Barack Obama, right, speaks as U.S. Vice President Joseph 'Joe' Biden looks on in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. The House of Representatives passed...More

U.S. President Barack Obama, right, speaks as U.S. Vice President Joseph 'Joe'...U.S. President Barack Obama, right, speaks as U.S. Vice President Joseph 'Joe' Biden looks on in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. The House of Representatives passed legislation averting income tax increases for most U.S. workers after Republicans abandoned their effort to attach spending cuts that would have been rejected by the Senate. Photographer: Brendan Hoffman/Pool via BloombergLessMore

U.S. President Barack Obama, right, speaks as U.S. Vice President Joseph 'Joe' Biden looks on in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. The House of Representatives passed...More

U.S. President Barack Obama, right, speaks as U.S. Vice President Joseph 'Joe'...U.S. President Barack Obama, right, speaks as U.S. Vice President Joseph 'Joe' Biden looks on in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. The House of Representatives passed legislation averting income tax increases for most U.S. workers after Republicans abandoned their effort to attach spending cuts that would have been rejected by the Senate. Photographer: Brendan Hoffman/Pool via BloombergLessMore

House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican from Ohio, center, walks out of a House Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. The U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan budget deal two...More

House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican from Ohio, center, walks out of a House...House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican from Ohio, center, walks out of a House Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. The U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan budget deal two hours after income tax cuts expired, reaching an after-deadline agreement to undo the potential economic harm of $600 billion in tax increases and spending cuts. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesLessMore